Date and Time
Thursday, January 19, 2023 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST

Location
Virtual

Working Assumptions is proud to partner with Citizen Film on the upcoming documentary initiative American Creed: Citizen Power. This initiative spotlights stories of young leaders facing America’s ideals, institutions and challenges. A selection of the cast members are using our wrkxfmly assignment to examine connections between their communal work and their work at home.

Recorded live on Jan. 19, Connecting Our Heartlands featured three Citizen Power cast members who showcased their photographs and shared their perspectives on the work of building democracy.

Jonathan Blair and his peers explore their roots in Appalachia’s coal industry, their own experience of blue collar work and their aspirations for the future.

Sam Schimmel illuminates his Alaskan Indigenous community’s fight to continue subsistence fishing, the anchor of the community’s sustainable economy.

Jace Charger, co-founder of Standing Rock’s first protest camp, takes stock of current efforts to organize and heal.

The event also features remarks from American Creed co-host David M. Kennedy (Stanford University Lane Center for the American West); Eric Liu (Citizen University); and Danielle Allen (Harvard University Safra Center for Ethics).

Connecting our Heartlands was co-presented by the Center for Rural Strategies’ Rural Assembly; their media platform, The Daily Yonder; the documentary organization Citizen Film; Working Assumptions, and the National Writing Project, the nation’s largest network of teacher leaders focused on the teaching of writing.

This event was made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this event do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Watch the video below, starting at 26:20.